Display device



Dec. 18, 1923.

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WILLIAIVL L. HOPKINS, OF BOSLYN,' NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN LITHU- GRAPHIG COMPANY, NEW YORK, N. 1., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK,

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed March '7, 1822.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM L. I-lorKINs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Roslyn, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display devices of the panel type such as are adapted for counter or table display in connection with containers, to the contents of which they relate, and the object is to provide an essentially cheap but attractive device made from a single piece of sheet material, A further object is to provide a display device adapted to be associated with and support a container in an inclined position upon a level surface in a substantial manner.

To these purposes the improvements consist in features hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which z- Figure l is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the display device as applied to a rectangular container. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank prior to being erected. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a similar blank as arranged for a hexagonal container. Figs. 1 and 2 are to one scale, and Fig. 3 is to a scale two-thirds that of Fig. 2.

In the construction of the display any flat material may be used which is amenable to shearing, bending and bearing pictorial or printed matter relative to the article displayed. Although the blank 5 is indicated as being plainly rectangular in outline, this is optional, as is also the use of base element 6, shown to be articulated by transverse crease 7, but it may be pointed out that said base is useful to keep the panel from warping, acting as a lateral re-entorcement.

Substantially central of the blank panel 5, adjacent its lower edge is wing 8 formed by slitting the material diagonally as at 9, the length of the slit corresponding to the length of the container 10, the slit being joined at its ends by other cuts 11 and 12, upper and lower, respectively, said cuts each being equal in length to the width of the container. The Wing is articulated by crease line 13 to the panel and may be bent rearwardly as shown, its lower outer corner 14:

Serial No. $1,799.

making contact with the surface on which the device is supported, acting as an easel member and held extended in operative position upon insertion of a container through the aperture originally occupied by said wing. It is to be noted that the lowermost corner of the opening is near but spaced apart from the base of the panel, and that the angularity of the panel is controlled by two factors, one be'ng the height of said lowermost corner from the base and the other the width oi said wing. It will be apparent that the device of Figs. 1 and 2 is equally adapted for use with a cylindrical container.

The arrangement in Fig. 3, shows a modification specifically adapted for engagement with a hexagonal container, wing 20 being articulated on line 21 and out free of the blank at each ot the remaining angles, point 22 swinging rearwardly and downwardly on the bending line 21.

I claim:

1. In a display device of sheet material, an upright panel member having an aperture therethrough of a profile adapted for supportingly engaging the article for display, a wing articulated to a portion of the periphery of said aperture, said wing when extended acting as an easel member for sup porting said panel n'iember, and said wing member being held in its extended position by means of the article supported in said panel member.

2. In display device ct sheet material adapted for erection on one edge for supporting therein a carton or the like, the combination of an upright member having an aperture therethrcugh of a profile adapted for supportingly engaging the article for display, a wing articulated to a portion of the periphery of said aperture, said wing when extended acting as an easel member for supporting said panel member, and said wing being held in its extended position by means of the article supported in said panel member, the lowermost edge wall of said aperture being spaced from the lower edge of said panel a substantial distance.

In witness whereof, I hereby afiix my signature this 4th day of March, 1922.

WILLIAM L. HOPKINS. 

